CEN/TS 16555-4 TECHNICALSPECIFICATION SPECIFICATION TECHNIQUE TECHNISCHE SPEZIFIKATION December 2014 ICS03.100.40;03.100.50;03.140 English Version Innovation management - Part 4: Intellectual property management Management de I'innovation - Partie 4 : Management de la Innovationsmanagement-Teil 4:Managementdes propriete intellectuelle geistigen Eigentums The period of validity of this CEN/TS is limited initially to three years. After two years the members of CEN will be requested to submit their comments, particularly on the question whether the CEN/TS can be converted into a European Standard. CEN members are required to announce the existence ofthis CEN/TS in the same way as for an ENand tomake the CEN/TS available promptly at national level in an appropriate form. It is permissible to keep conflicting national standards in force (in parallel to the CEN/TS) until the final decision about the possible conversion of the CEN/TS into an EN is reached. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Siovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom. ces EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMITEEUROPEENDENORMALISATION EUROPAISCHESKOMITEEFURNORMUNG CEN-CENELEC Management Centre:AvenueMarnix17,B-1000 Brussels 2014CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by anymeans reserved Ref. No. CEN/TS 16555-4:2014 E worldwide for CEN national Members. CEN/TS 16555-4:2014 (E) Contents Page Foreword.. Introduction 1 Scope. 2 Normative references .. 3 Terms and definitions ..... 4 Concept and purpose of intellectual property management . The intellectual property strategy ... 5 5.1 The role of top management.... 5.2 Interactions with various functions 5.3 Competences and skills requirements .... 5.4 Budget and cost control .... 5.5 Communication...... 6 Implementation of the IP strategy... 6.1 Traceability.... 6.2 IP decision making ... 12 6.3 Strategic intelligence and risk management . 13 6.4 IPR portfolio development, management and exploitation. 14 6.4.1 Structuring IPR portfolio.. 6.4.2 Analysis of the potential IPR. 14 6.4.3 Intellectual property exploitation .... 6.4.4 Acquisition, sale, concession and licensing (-in and -out) of third parties IP rights ... Annex A (informative) Authenticated documentation to record IP Annex B (informative) Innovation and invention disclosure . .18 Annex C (normative) Methods and criteria for the assessment of IP rights.... C.1 Objectives and principles C.2 Strategic criteria.... C.3 Qualitative criteria.. 22 C.4 Quantitative criteria .. .23 Annex D (informative) IP and standardization.. 26 D.1 General... ...26 D.2 Various strategies of the organization relayed by intellectual property.... ..27 Annex E (informative) Intellectual property management in a collaborative environment ... ..28 E.1 Introduction. E.2 Definition ..28 E.3 Scope of collaborative contexts.... .. 29 E.4 Different types of collaboration in the innovation process.. 29 E.5 Legal.. ..30 E.6 Collaboration to create; impact of financing sources on IP ownership, assignment.... ...31 E.7 General best practices to comply with ...31 Bibliography 33 2 CEN/TS16555-4:2014(E) Foreword Management", the secretariat of which is held by AENOR. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. This document is not intended for the purpose of certification The CEN/Ts 16555 series consists of the following parts with the general title Innovation management 一 Part 1: Innovation Management System; Part 2: Strategic intelligence management; Part 3: Innovation thinking; Part 4: Intellectual prope